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Shir HaShirim Rabbah
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Shir ha-Shirim Rabbah ( Hebrew : שיר השירים רבה ) is a Haggadic midrash on Canticles , quoted by Rashi under the title "Midrash Shir ha-Shirim" (commentary on Cant. iv. 1, viii. 11).1 It is called also "Agadat Ḥazita", from its initial word "Ḥazita" ( Nathan ben Jehiel , in the Aruk, s.v. טפף), or "Midrash Ḥazita" ( Naḥmanides , commentary on Ex. iv. 28; Simon Duran , Tashbaẓ, part iii., No. 37).2
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haggadic midrash on canticles
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aggadic midrash on song of songs
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